1. The Importance of Water in Biology.
... life on earth would not exist. Water is a major part of cells, forming between 70 and 95% of the mass of the cell. This means that we are made from approximately 80% water by mass and some soft bodied creatures such as jellyfish are made of up to 96% water and this is their cause of transparency. Water also provides an environment for organisms to live ... in solution. In mammals, the alveoli in the lungs are moist with water, to allow gas exchange, and many plants have moist surfaces in their leaves (the mesophyll cells) for gas exchange. The use of water as a solvent in humans is very...
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